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How do you say ‘you’ in Japanese? (In daily conversation)
I thinkあなた feels like too formal and I have heard that they don’t use きみ that much.
How do you say ‘you’ in Japanese? (In daily conversation)
I thinkあなた feels like too formal and I have heard that they don’t use きみ that much.
I thinkあなた feels like too formal and I have heard that they don’t use きみ that much.
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7 Mar 2020
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You’re right. We don’t often say あなた or きみ in daily conversation. Instead, we use the hearer’s name or a nickname, or omit it. 🙂
e.g. (To Thomas) Where are you going?
1. トーマスはどこに行くの?
2. トムはどこに行くの?
3. どこに行くの?
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You’re right. We don’t often say あなた or きみ in daily conversation. Instead, we use the hearer’s name or a nickname, or omit it. 🙂
e.g. (To Thomas) Where are you going?
1. トーマスはどこに行くの?
2. トムはどこに行くの?
3. どこに行くの?
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It actually depends on people.
あなた: little formal
きみ: used often in close relationship
おまえ: close more than きみ
Name or nickname: natural, but -さん is used often in public
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